Good riddance 2020. Hello 2021: Fireworks light deserted streets

By Reuters,

Fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House, but the harbour below was a deserted ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year th...

coronavirus , new year address

10 arrested while partying at a Murang’a bar during curfew

By Victor Kinuthia,

Ten people were on Thursday evening arrested by police officers deployed to enforce compliance with COVID-19 guidelines in Murang'a town. According...

coronavirus

NTSA: 60 were killed in drunk-driving incidents the first weekend after bars reopened

By Ben Kirui,

On the first weekend after bar operations resumed locally, 60 lives were lost in drunk-driving incidents according to a National Police Service Report...

Economy grows nerves as second wave COVID-19 restrictions loom

By Kepha Muiruri,

Businesses are growing uneasy as Kenya registers a second surge in the number of COVID-19 cases signalling a potential return to restrictions. Bare...

COVID-19 , curfew , Kenyan economy

Kilimani residents file new case against B Club, Kiza, Space Lounge and Explorer Tavern

By Dzuya Walter,

Kilimani residents have filed a case against B Club Nairobi, Kiza Restaurant and Lounge, Space Lounge and Grill as well as Explorer Tavern. The res...

B Club , Kilimani , Kiza , Space Lounge

At least 13 crushed to death as Peru police raid club party

By Reuters,

At least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub raided by police because it was open in violation...

Peru

Entertainment spots are ‘flirting with danger’, Gov’t warns

By Citizen Reporter,

Businesses have been warned against resuming normal operations after clips emerged on social media showing people crowding in entertainment spots. ...

1824 , coronavirus , entertainment spots , Langata

Embakasi Central MP Benjamin Gathiru among 18 arrested at Ruai bar

By Tonny Ndungu,

Embakasi Central MP Benjamin Gathiru Mwangi is among 34 people arrested on Saturday for disregarding the social distancing directive. The MP was ar...

coronavirus , kenya

Magistrate, KDF colonel among 30 arrested partying at a bar in Embakasi

By Citizen Reporter,

A magistrate and a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Colonel were among 30 people arrested at an unbridled party in Embakasi on Friday evening. Officers a...

coronavirus

Two-time London marathon winner, MCA, 20 others arrested in bar drinking during curfew

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kapchemutwa Ward MCA Ambrose Kiplagat popularly known as "Roho Juu" was on Thursday night arrested at a bar partying after curfew hours. Also arres...

curfew Kenya , Wilson Kipsang

Two notorious gangsters arrested in Nyandarua

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Police have arrested two suspected gangsters believed to have been involved in a series of criminal activities within Nyahururu and Nyandarua West Sub...

NYANDARUA

Bungoma: Man dies after winning alcohol drinking competition

By Kaitano Nyongesa,

A 28-year-old man died on Monday morning after consuming excessive alcohol in a drinking competition at Mukosi village in Kimilili Constituency, Bungo...

bungoma

Woman arrested after beating husband outside club in Kericho

By Bernard Rotich,

A woman was arrested after beating her husband at Brooke Trading Center in the outskirts of Kericho town. According to the area residents, the woma...

woman arrested kericho

Happy New Year? Not so for revellers in Tokyo as driver ploughs into crowd

By CNN,

At least nine people were injured, one seriously, when a car deliberately plowed into crowds celebrating the New Year in central Tokyo in the early ho...

Tokyo

Kenyans usher in new year 2019 with song and dance

By Citizen Team,

Thousands of Kenyans joined the rest of the world in welcoming the new year 2019 in style. In Baringo, revellers both young and old thronged the La...

new year 2019

Moroccan World Cup celebrations injure 22 police

By AFP,

The violence that broke out late Saturday in central Brussels after the qualification of the Moroccan national football team for the next World Cup in...

Belgium , Brussels , football , Herve Renard , Ivory Coast , Morocco , Russia 2018 , World cup

London holds emotional vigil for attack victims

By Reuters,

Londoners held a vigil to mourn the victims of the London Bridge attack on Monday (June 5). Thousands gathered on the banks of the River Thames to ...

Five attacks on sporting events

By AFP,

Three explosions targetting the Borussia Dortmund team bus left one person injured and forced the postponement of Tuesday's Champions League match aga...

AS Monaco , Attacks , bomb blast , Borussia Dortmund , football , UEFA Champions League

Gambians celebrate as West African troops enter capital after Jammeh flees

By Reuters,

Gambians celebrated in the streets on Sunday after a West African regional military force entered the capital city of Banjul and took control of the p...

Adama Barrow , Gambia , Yahya Jammeh

He fired non-stop for 20 minutes at least – Istanbul attack witness

By Reuters,

The nightclub on the shores of Istanbul's Bosphorus waterway in which a gunman opened fire on New Year revellers killing at least 39 people, including...